Anyone aware of cult record label Hidden Beach will know sax-man Mike Phillips not only for his 2002 Hidden Beach release ‘You Have Reached Mike Phillips’ but also for his immense contributions to that label’s ‘Unwrapped’ series of compilations that in the contemporary jazz community have become much sought after collectors items.
Now he is back with the album ‘Pulling Off The Covers’ that includes an engaging take on the Doobie Brothers 1978 classic ‘What A Fool Believes’, a serious contender for my top ten cover versions of 2017.